Cottages

George Tibbett and Family - 1917

The photo of Mr and Mrs George Tibbett and family was taken in 1917. The cottages in the back ground back on to the Church Yard. The photo was taken on a piece of flat ground at the side of their home, about 12 months before their eleventh child (Joan) was born.

Back row: Daisy, Mrs Tibbett, Mr George Tibbett, Florence, John.

Front row: Harry, George, Nellie, baby Hetty, Clara, Kitty and Mary (Mollie).

E. RV.

Source: CY Photo album

Northall Road looking towards Edlesborough Church

This photo of Edlesborough Church was taken from the Northall Road.

On the left is Mr Ted Rollings with his son Will and daughter Annie.

On the right are Percy, Connie and Edith Pratt.

J.P.

Source: CY photo album

Northall Road, Edlesborough - 1912

Nellie Tibbett with her sisters Clare and Kitt on the left. Edith Peppiatt on the rright. The Tibbett family lived in the first house. The Jaggard family lived in the second house.

N.T. 1912

Source: CY photo album 

Church End, Edlesborough

This photo was taken at the bottom of the hill on Northall Road. It shows part of the Bell Inn, the Greyhound Inn with its sign above the door and the thatch cottage attached to the two cottages. The last person to live there before they were pulled down was a Mr Brigginshall. The two on the bank were lived on by a Mr Sid Meakins and family and a Mr George Knight.

The house lower down was the home of a Miss Cheshire who kept a sweet shop and sold them by the number. After her death Mr H. Gurney moved in after selling the Greyhound to a Mr Parry. The following cottages were the homes of Mr and Mrs Wilson, next was a holiday home for Londoners, the third the home of Mr and Mrs Burnham and the 4th, not in the photo, was the home of Mr and Mrs White.

Mr Parry, who followed Mr Gurney into the Greyhound, owned most of this property. His daughter Annie married Mr Fred Pratt of The Rye, Eaton Bray.

N.D.

Source: CY photo album

Taskers Row

These seven, 2 bedroom, cottages in Taskers Row were part of the Ashridge Estate. A Mr Tom Smith rented 2 for his family of 4 sons, Arthur, Ezra, Sidney and Albert and 1 daughter Mary. After the death of Lord Brownlow in 1921, the trustees of the estate decided to sell the whole of the estate, giving the tenants the option to buy the property they were renting.

One of the sons, Sidney, wanted to buy the 7 cottages so his father, Mr Tom Smith, walked to Ashridge with Sid to try and arrange the purchase of them. It was agreed that the sale was on easy terms conditions and so the cottages were in the Smith family until 1985.

Those in the photograph are Mr Tom Smith, Mrs Fred Thorne, grandma Mary Ann Smith. Young girls – Mary Smith, - x and Sarah Louise Cutler.

M.P. 1913

Source: CY Photo album